Test 8 · ★★★ · The candle and what burning is

"steel wool burns but my spoon doesn't, they're both steel, wtf" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: steel wool, spoon, they · What happens: burn, not do, be · To what, where: steel

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 11 «The candle and what burning is» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 burns	punct
2	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wool	compound
3	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	nsubj
4	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 does	cc
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spoon	nmod:poss
7	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	nsubj
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 burns	conj
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 does	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 steel	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 steel	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 steel	cop
13	both	both	ADV	_	14 steel	advmod
14	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wtf	punct
16	wtf	wtf	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 steel	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 answer	punct
18	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wtf	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 burns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	burn in a quote	present	steel wool			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not do in a quote	present	my spoon			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	they	steel	both property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Spoons are fireproof plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plastic	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plastic	cop
3	fireproof	fireproof	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plastic	amod
4	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Spoons	fireproof plastic					tree rules

Option 2

Steel wool is not made of metal at all, it is a kind of sheep's wool

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wool	compound
2	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 made	advmod
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 metal	case
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 made	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kind	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kind	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 kind	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 kind	det
14	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	parataxis
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 wool	case
16	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 wool	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 sheep	case
18	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	present · passive		Steel wool		all		of metal	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	is a	present	wool	a kind				of sheep's wool	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Thin threads have lots of surface for oxygen to reach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 threads	amod
2	threads	thread	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 surface	case
6	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lots	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 oxygen	case
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 reach	mark
10	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Thin threads	lots of surface				for oxygen	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	reach	to-infinitive	Thin threads not said here						vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only spoons are coated with ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 spoons	advmod
2	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 coated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coated	aux:pass
4	coated	coat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 ice	case
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coat	present · passive		spoons				with ice	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with ice=Theme

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